Cool 80's sounding backing track ...

[TwilightOdyssey]

This is my own creation, whose official purpose is part of the audition process for my band, but I had so much fun jamming over the backing that I thought I would make it available for y'all to jam along with.

It's pure 80's style LA metal, heavily inspired by old RATT.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/twilightodysseymusic.htm

Enjoy!!

 

[shreder75]

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lol..dude, that's great =) very early RATT/dokken tone/feel to it =) to be honest, that's the best clip of yours that I've heard =) I'm diggin' it

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Hehe ... glad you like it.
Feel free to track a solo over it and post it.

 

[shreder75]

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I might have to do that one of these days

 

[JammerMatt]

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Great tone! Very 80's. DEEP DISH DISTORTION... to coin your very own description. I likes it.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Hehe ... glad you like it, Matt.
I tracked it with my Jem, which always hits the board very hot. The setting is my own special blend, which I call "80's Rhythm", tho in actuality it's a bit thicker than your typical 80's tone ...

 

[shred-dog]

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cool stuff ben nice fat tone "modern 80's" i'd call it . very cool

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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cool stuff ben nice fat tone "modern 80's" i'd call it . very cool

Thanx, Scott!!! That's exactly what my bass player calls my tone!

 

[Guitarist]

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That's excellent. If I have time, I'll definetely put some leads over this thang!

God, where's the leather?!

 

[Sly_D]

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Wow, some 80s rock to try my new amp

I changed amp three times in the last couple of months (I HATE modellers), and since I couldn't find another YCV40 cheap, I finally got the Peavey Ultra and man am I happy I did. Just need another speaker though. But with the master voluume, I can actually record silently with this beast... and I will, thanks TO.

Maybe not today but in the next few days.

 

[JammerMatt]

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Okay, I'm working on it, Ben. Gimme a few nights. I figured out a nice little number for the first verse, it took about 5 minutes to find something I liked, but I grinded on the second part chorus and exceeded my hour time limit. For some reason I'm blocked when it comes down to the A5, C5, D5, E5 portion of it. Can't come up with anything that sounds musical and not contrived. Still have many holes in my playing as well.

BTW, the first part is VERY Ratt/Dokken inspired - I love that sound when you drop the root tone down a half step, sounds great.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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You almost have the 2nd riff down, but it's actually
A5 - D5
D5 - C5 - A5
A5 - C5 - G5

... with a couple of passing notes in there.

 

[JammerMatt]

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You almost have the 2nd riff down, but it's actually
A5 - D5
D5 - C5 - A5
A5 - C5 - G5

... with a couple of passing notes in there.

Right, I can't understand the writers block on this one. Basically, with that progression, you can resolve on pretty much any note you want to within the framework of the progression - you *almost* can't miss with A,C,E until you hit the G5. It's almost as simple straight ahead A-minor with an E-minor ending as you can get... so meat and potatoes 80's metal. But, there you go, whatever I play either sounds sing-songy or shameless wanking... and bad wanking at that

Friday night I'll cut something. Don't hold your breath, my original solos end up generally sounding schmaltzy. But, I need to get back into jamming. Lately, I've been trying to improve HO/PO's and working on speedy alternate picking (and Beatles cover tunes), so the "Free Form Jazz Odyssey" improvisation stuff has taken a back seat.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Yeah, you gotta get your DeMartini on for this riff lol

 

[JammerMatt]

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Perhaps a snakeskin Wayne Rock Legend is in order... Maybe I'll squeeze into the Mr. Scary shirt to get the old school vibe going.

 

[kmcguitars]

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O.K. I had ta take a stab at it. 1984 was a good year for me, And this track
took me back to that time!Class of 84'

 

[tone4days]

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very cool kmc ... that tone you were gettin was pure aquanet-n-spandex ! .. nice riffage

cheers
t4d

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Great job, kmc! Or should I say, "Dude, that was totally radical!"
Some of the licks you played were close a few ideas I had when I was jamming on it.

 

[Dave]

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very cool kmc ... that tone you were gettin was pure aquanet-n-spandex ! .. nice riffage

cheers
t4d

That's funny-HAHAHA!

A friend of mine and I were playing along with Round and Round-very hot walkdown riff, and plenty of Aquanet!

Nice tracks!

 

[kmcguitars]

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very cool kmc ... that tone you were gettin was pure aquanet-n-spandex ! .. nice riffage

cheers
t4d

Thanks Guy's. The funny thing is back in the 80's I was the Anti aquanet-n-spandex Guy. :laugh2: More the leather jacket, long untressed hair,ripped
jeans, dirtbag Rocker type. The last 15 year I've played mostly
a Stratocaster w/t .011s into fender amps useing nothing more that a
tube screamer for OD. So to pickup a guitar w/t .09's on it, And dial up
some gain. It was very liberating and fun to play. Thanks again Ben for
writing another cool track.